This book owes its greatest debt to the writers and presenters who
contributed their thoughts on the important issues of basic academic
skills assessment in higher education and to the staffs of the Texas
Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
and National Evaluation Systems, Inc., associated with the creation
and development of the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP).

Getting the ideas of the authors and the components of the TASP
into printed form involved the talents of many people at National
Evaluation Systems, Inc. Nancy Seely, Emily Silverman, and Edward
Murphy copyedited the manuscripts and transcripts from our authors
and oversaw the production of the documents that appear in the latter
part of this book. Jeanne Brzycki typeset the text. Heather Perry
designed the pages and the book cover. Laura Simmons and Lisa
Miskimen proofread the galleys.

We also appreciate the help and support of the staff at Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, particularly Art Lizza.

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